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Compensating for what? TheCowsCameHome Jul 2012 #1
You were doing OK until the last paragraph ProgressiveProfessor Jul 2012 #2
A shotgun is a necessity Aerows Jul 2012 #4
If you had stated just that, it would have been fine ProgressiveProfessor Jul 2012 #12
It is easier to identify the guns rather than the people that are threats to society. LonePirate Jul 2012 #56
Whoa Aerows Jul 2012 #61
And that is abdication at best ProgressiveProfessor Jul 2012 #67
A shotgun is much more lethal to a person than an AR-15. TheWraith Jul 2012 #34
Depends on the range and the shotgun load ProgressiveProfessor Jul 2012 #40
Indeed it is Aerows Jul 2012 #59
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A lot of people are having a hard time "helping the discussion". Seems the discussion supports rhett o rick Jul 2012 #19
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Wish I could rec SickOfTheOnePct Jul 2012 #58
What?! Aerows Jul 2012 #63
Would you prefer the term "mentally unfit"/ ProgressiveProfessor Jul 2012 #64
Cracker Aerows Jul 2012 #72
That's just your opinion. Do you believe you're the judge of rationality and truth? leveymg Jul 2012 #44
Indeed it is my opinion that the penile compensation canard is not a rational argument ProgressiveProfessor Jul 2012 #49
It's a perfectly rational explanation for irrational behaviors, such as buying semiautomatic weapons leveymg Jul 2012 #74
Exactly why I made this post Aerows Jul 2012 #77
Those huge mags (oft bought from catalog) suck NightWatcher Jul 2012 #3
It seems that to some Aerows Jul 2012 #5
Flamebait sucks and push polls suck. (nt) Posteritatis Jul 2012 #7
It's Flamebait Aerows Jul 2012 #9
You are lumping one semi automatic rifle in with high-capacity mags obamanut2012 Jul 2012 #28
DU Rec. cherokeeprogressive Jul 2012 #10
other: "Not necessary but can be quite entertaining at the shooting range." OneTenthofOnePercent Jul 2012 #8
See, Enjoying a 100 mag at the shooting range Aerows Jul 2012 #11
Well, that's why shooting ranges exist... OneTenthofOnePercent Jul 2012 #14
Under what circumstances are handguns, shotguns, and rifles insufficient. sadbear Jul 2012 #13
I went through Katrina Aerows Jul 2012 #15
What did you use? sadbear Jul 2012 #16
.20 Aerows Jul 2012 #17
So a shotgun was sufficient. sadbear Jul 2012 #21
Probably a shotgun Aerows Jul 2012 #23
A .2 rifle is tiny...what did you intend to say ProgressiveProfessor Jul 2012 #31
Yeah, It was a shotgun Aerows Jul 2012 #39
That's basically a .223, with less grain than the AR-15 obamanut2012 Jul 2012 #32
That's a shotgun obamanut2012 Jul 2012 #30
Yeah, It was a shotgun Aerows Jul 2012 #38
Firearms are tools. You need the right one for the task at hand ProgressiveProfessor Jul 2012 #20
I want to know when rifles, shotguns, and handguns are insufficient. sadbear Jul 2012 #22
See, this is the same thing I ask Aerows Jul 2012 #26
The .20 rifle was bolt action? obamanut2012 Jul 2012 #35
Civilians can't buy automatics, and rifles and handguns usually are semis obamanut2012 Jul 2012 #33
The gun the Aurora shooter used was legal sadbear Jul 2012 #36
Why is there a need required? ProgressiveProfessor Jul 2012 #45
I, for one, don't buy tools I don't need. sadbear Jul 2012 #48
I don't have one either, but that does not mean a need has to be demonstrated ProgressiveProfessor Jul 2012 #51
That analogy doesn't work at all. sadbear Jul 2012 #53
Its a valid analogy about "need" There are others but I like to use the TB disc one since ProgressiveProfessor Jul 2012 #57
Without media? sadbear Jul 2012 #66
Semi auto is a subset of rifles/pistols/shotguns. ProgressiveProfessor Jul 2012 #41
I will say this Aerows Jul 2012 #52
They are compsensating for their feeligns of powerlessness. Odin2005 Jul 2012 #18
I'm rather thrilled Aerows Jul 2012 #24
Have you seen the zombie ammunition from Hornaday? ProgressiveProfessor Jul 2012 #43
ZOMBIE AMMUNITION Aerows Jul 2012 #47
It is quite funny...at least to some of us ProgressiveProfessor Jul 2012 #54
An AR 15 is just a semi automatic rifle obamanut2012 Jul 2012 #25
Oh, I think more than one of us Aerows Jul 2012 #29
But that has nothing to do with the specific gun but the mag obamanut2012 Jul 2012 #37
Do you realize that a handgun, shotgun, and rifle is *exactly* what the theater shooter used? Johnny Rico Jul 2012 #42
The shotgun Aerows Jul 2012 #46
Because you want to fire 100 times without reloading. Johnny Rico Jul 2012 #50
Shotguns Aerows Jul 2012 #55
Shotguns are also used extensively in combat since WWI ProgressiveProfessor Jul 2012 #62
I guess we are going to debate Aerows Jul 2012 #68
Cho killed 33 at Virginia Tech using *reduced* capacity magazines that only held 10 rounds each. Johnny Rico Jul 2012 #69
These are shotguns. Johnny Rico Jul 2012 #65
I wouldn't ban the third one Aerows Jul 2012 #70
Why ban the others? Johnny Rico Jul 2012 #71
Hey! Don't psychopaths have rights anymore? flamingdem Jul 2012 #60
in the face of horrific tragedy -- we get a thread like this. xchrom Jul 2012 #73
I am a lesbian Aerows Jul 2012 #75
George Bush wanted to rule the world too. Tejas Jul 2012 #76
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